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[[Saint]] '''Hermas of Philippopolis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Έρμάς ό Φιλιππουπολίτης) was one of the [[Seventy Disciples]] and was [[bishop]] in Philippopolis in [[Thrace]] (today's [[Plovdiv]], [[Bulgaria]]). [[Hermas (freedman)|Hermas]], the author of ''[[The Shepherd of Hermas]]'', was often identified with him, but that Hermas was a second-generation Christian and lived some time after this Hermas. He is mentioned in [[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]] 16:14, and his [[feast day]] is celebrated on May 31, on November 5 with Apostles [[Apostle Patrobas|Patrobas]], [[Apostle Linus|Linus]], [[Apostle Gaius|Gaius]], and [[Apostle Philologos|Philologus]], and on January 4 among the Seventy.<br />
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==Life==<br />
He was wealthy, but fell into poverty because of [[sin]] and the sins of his sons.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} He was thus said to have been visited by an [[angel]] of [[repentance]], who stayed with him until the end of his life, during which time he wrote ''The Shepherd of Hermas''{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} He ended his life as a [[martyr]].<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*St. [[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue from Ohrid]]''<br />
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'''Biographical links'''<br />
*Apostle Hermas of the Seventy, January 4 ([[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]])<br />
*Apostle Hermas of the Seventy, May 31 (OCA)<br />
*Apostle Hermes of the Seventy, November 5 (OCA)<br />
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'''Writings by Hermas'''<br />
*''Early Christian Writings: The Shepherd of Hermas''<br />
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==References==<br />
*{{Orthodoxwiki source|title=Apostle Hermas|oldid=79012}}<br />
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